The 2014 World Kabaddi Cup was the fifth edition of the circle style World Kabaddi Cup, held from 7 December to 20 December 2014 with the opening ceremony on 6 December 2014 at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. The tournament took place in Punjab, India.
Organization
The tournament is organized by the Government of Punjab, India.Indian Men, Eves win 5th Kabaddi World Cup; Men beat Pak, Women beat New Zealand - YesPunjab"Indian Men & Women Won Kabaddi World Cup 2014", "Affairscloud", 21 December 2014. The dates of the tournament were first announced publicly on 30 August 2014. The opening and closing ceremonies were telecast live throughout India, with international broadcasting in Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Participating nations The 12-day-long event had 11 participating nations in the men's tournament, with 8 participating nations in the women's tournament.
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Venues The games played at the following venues. Government College Stadium, Gurdaspur Multi Purpose Sports Stadium, Dhudike Nehru Stadium, Rupnagar A.S. College Stadium, Khanna, Ludhiana Guru Arjun Dev Sports Stadium, Chohla Sahib, Tarn Taran Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana Lajwanti Stadium, Hoshiarpur Punjab Public School, Nabha Multipurpose Sports Stadium, Jalalabad, Fazilka Shaheed Captain Manjinder Singh Bhinder Stadium, Mehta Chowk Amritsar Shaheed Bachan Singh Kabaddi Stadium, Dirba Baba Kala Mehar Stadium, Barnala Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, Badal Sri Muktsar Sahib
Opening ceremony On 6 December, the opening ceremony was held in the Evening at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Jalandhar. Sharry Mann, Harshdeep Kaur, Sonakshi Sinha and Arjun Kapoor appeared at this mega event.
Closing ceremony On 20 December, the closing ceremony was held before the final match at Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, Badal Sri Muktsar Sahib. Miss Pooja and Gippy Grewal appeared to close the event.
Schedule (Men’s) Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30) 14 December matches in Hoshiarpur, Punjab were cancelled due to heavy rain. 15 December matches in Nabha, Punjab were shifted from Government Ripudaman Stadium to Punjab Public School.
Group stage
Pool A Team440020812979843011921484464202154158-444103128189-6124004125183-580 Qualified for semifinals
Pool B Team550026713113610540122916960853022191368365203157237-8045104163218-5525005129273-1440 Qualified for semifinals
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place
Final match
Schedule (Women’s) Note: All matches' timings are according to Indian Standard Time (UTC +5:30).
Group stage
Pool A Team330015347106632011009914310271119-482300379138-590 Qualified for semifinals
Pool B Team330013474606320111495194310296111-152300370134-640 Qualified for semifinals
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place
Final match
Broadcasting Television Countries Broadcaster PTC News PTC Punjabi
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